Google Reader is a fantastic way to keep track of new papers that are appearing in many different journals, and also to follow some of the interesting research blogs (and blogs on other topics) that are out there. Google Reader checks websites for you and lets you know of any new material that appears. Instead of [...]
Posts about journals
Using Google Reader
Feb 16
Why referee?
Feb 10
There are several reasons why researchers should be willing to provide referee reports.
You learn a lot. If the paper is in your area, then writing a referee report forces you to read it very carefully and engage closely with the research of other people in your field. There’s no better way of understand what is [...]
Writing a referee report
Feb 10
As an editor, I like to see referee reports comprising three sections:
A general summary of the paper and the contribution it makes. You need to highlight here what is new and interesting about the paper, as well as give a summary in a few sentences.
The major problems that need addressing. This is probably the most [...]
Using DOIs
Dec 27
Almost all papers these days have a DOI and it is worth knowing how to use them.
At the top or bottom of the first page of a paper, you will see something like this:
doi:10.1016/j.csda.2006.07.028
This is a unique and permanent identifier for the paper known as a “Digital Object Identifier”. The part before the forward slash [...]
In many research universities, there can be a tension that arises when great teachers don’t publish much. I believe there is a place for excellent teachers who do limited research within a strong research university, but their contribution is considerably enhanced if they share their teaching insights. There are at least three reputable research journals [...]
I’ve been spending time writing response letters lately. I’ve also been reading lots of response letters from authors wanting their stuff published in the International Journal of Forecasting. I thought it might be useful to collate a few thoughts on the subject.
No grovelling. I sometimes get response letters that start off with a paragraph of [...]
Most students seem to go to Google first. This is not a good strategy. Google Scholar is much better as it filters out all the junk. Scopus is another engine that aims to do a similar thing. It is better organized but not so complete. ISI WOK is also not as complete as Google Scholar [...]
When searching for research articles online, I often find that the article is unavailable unless I go through the Monash library website, especially when working from home. Here are two solutions to the problem
Within Google scholar, go to “Scholar preferences” and under library links search for “Monash”. Tick the entry “Monash University – Check for [...]
I am slowly adding more statistics journals to my RSS feed on new statistics research papers. I am now covering 62 journals as well as working papers lodged on the statistics section of arXiv. The most recent additions are the statistics journals stored on Project Euclid, which includes the excellent IMS journals.
If your research interests [...]
Journal collections
Aug 20
There are several collections of journals held in our department which are available for any Monash Uni research students to borrow. If you do borrow from the collection, you MUST write your name & date on the white board, and please return journals within a day. That way the collection will be preserved [...]
